Improved device for holding interfering-bands in place



waited tant @eineml @twine JOHN W. CURRIER, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

'Leners YPatent No. 90,731, dated .im 1, 1869.

IMPROVED DEVICE FOR HOLDING INTERIERING-BANDS IN PLACE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, J CHN W. CURRIER, of Springfield, Hampden county, State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Device to Prevent the Interfering-Bands Applied to the Hoofs of Horses from Slipping up Around the Ankle; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and clear description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the'ietters of reference marked thereon.

In the drawings- Figure I shows a front view; Y Figure II, a side view of my device in use; and Figure III is a detail 'view of the device in perspective;

Figure IV showing a different construction of the same device.

AThis device is meant to be applied to those rubber or leather interfering-bands which are sprung or fastened around the hoofs of the interfering horse.

Usually there is great dificulty in arranging these bands, so that they will not slip up upon the ankle, and when there is any snow ou the ground, it is impossible to fasten them down without using an angriliary device.

My device consists of a wire double-hook, B, which` fits under the toe of the shoe of the horse, and grasps the band A in front, as shown in Figs. I and II.

The toe-calk fits in between the Wires, and prevents the hook from slipping ofi` either side.

The construction of this hook is shown in detail in Fig. III.

Sometimes, however, I form it of a metal plate, which is bent around= in the same form, but has a hole cut into it at C, to allow the calk to pass through.

This' is shown in detail in Fig. IV.

'By this means I completely prevent the band A from slipping up, and render it useful where at best it was only partially successful, and required constant adjustment.

Now, having described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with the rubber band A, the Wire or metal hook B, constructed as herein described, and

for the purposefset forth.

J. W. CURRIER.

Witnesses:

EDWARD H. HYDE, J. B. GARDINER. 

